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Posts tagged with 'controversy' and 'science' at MetaFilter.Mon, 03 Nov 2014 14:45:50 -0800Mon, 03 Nov 2014 14:45:50 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Diversity within us comes out better when there's diversity in our team.http://www.metafilter.com/144168/Diversity%2Dwithin%2Dus%2Dcomes%2Dout%2Dbetter%2Dwhen%2Dtheres%2Ddiversity%2Din%2Dour%2Dteam
The most recent episode of the <a href="http://devchat.tv/ruby-rogues/">Ruby Rogues</a> podcast — <a href="http://devchat.tv/ruby-rogues/179-rr-accountability-and-diversity-with-meagan-waller">#179 Accountability and Diversity with Meagan Waller</a> — is a treasure trove of insights and info about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLjFTHTgEVU&feature=youtu.be&noredirect=1">unconscious biases</a>, diversity, employment, culture, tech, and more. The podcast page features a timestamped topic outline of the discussion, as well as many links to the <a href="https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/community/">Ruby community websites</a>, projects, <a href="http://news.stanford.edu/news/2007/february7/dweck-020707.html">studies</a>, conferences, and <a href="http://readwrite.com/2014/10/09/technology-sexism-male-allies-grace-hopper-celebration">controversies</a> they discuss... Some highlights from things covered in the episode:
"<a href="http://skepchick.org/2014/09/a-womans-room-online/">A Woman's Room Online</a>: <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/2014/10/06/online-misogyny-idea-that-internet-isnt-real/">An immersive experience of the daily harassment women face online</a>, created by Amy Davis Roth (a.k.a. "Surly Amy") is a room, a small office space — four walls and a ceiling and a floor, a desk and a computer, a phone and a wastebasket and a clock and a plant — covered in real-world, publicly posted messages of misogynist hatred, abuse, and threats, aimed at women on the Internet."
<a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/10/17/356944145/episode-576-when-women-stopped-coding">When Women Stopped Coding</a> is a 17 minute <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/">Planet Money</a> segment that looks into reasons why in 1984 the number of women in computer science flattened out, and has drastically declined ever since.
<a href="http://dayssincelasttechincident.com/">The Tech Industry Has Gone 0 Days Without An Incident</a> is one of <a href="http://meaganwaller.com/">Meagan Waller</a>'s sites, and includes an impressive list of links to people and organizations working on fixing a toxic culture, as well as a list of informative essays, articles, and blog posts about toxicity in the tech industry.
<a href="http://heartmindcode.com/2013/08/16/loyalty-and-layoffs/">Loyalty and Layoffs</a> is a blog post by <a href="http://heartmindcode.com/about/">David Brady</a> about where to place your faith at work. (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/131127/Being-loyal-to-a-corporation-is-sick-It-is-genuine-madness">previously</a> on MeFi)
<a href="http://www.ashedryden.com/blog/increasing-diversity-at-your-conference">Increasing Diversity at Your Conference</a>, by<a href="https://twitter.com/ashedryden"> Ashe Dryden</a>, is a comprehensive post culminated from google hangouts and roundtable discussions between several conference organizers. The post starts by looking at what diversity is, then delves into the need for formal policies and diversity statements at conferences, and goes on to cover how to improve many other aspects of the conference experience, from CFPs to afterparties and beyond. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.144168Mon, 03 Nov 2014 14:45:50 -0800iamkimiamRight-wingers are simply dumber on averagehttp://www.metafilter.com/112477/Rightwingers%2Dare%2Dsimply%2Ddumber%2Don%2Daverage
According to <a href="http://pss.sagepub.com/content/23/2/187.full.pdf+html">this substantial study</a> recently published in <strong><em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_Science_%28journal%29">Psychological Science</a></em></strong>, <em>"lower general intelligence (g) in childhood predicts greater racism in adulthood, and this effect was largely mediated via conservative ideology."</em>. As <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2095549/Right-wingers-intelligent-left-wingers-says-controversial-study--conservative-politics-lead-people-racist.html">the Daily Mail summarises</a>, right-wingers are less intelligent than left wingers. The Mail article and attached commentariat <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/05/daily-mail-calls-rightwingers-stupid">amuses</a> the Guardian's Charlie Brooker, who laughs at the resulting "dumbogeddon". Meanwhile George Monbiot wonders <a href="http://www.monbiot.com/2012/02/06/liberal-constipation/">who are the real idiots here</a> (and in passing (footnote 4) provides more links to research in the same general vein). tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.112477Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:39:38 -0800wilfulSkeptical about this Skeptichttp://www.metafilter.com/98845/Skeptical%2Dabout%2Dthis%2DSkeptic
The credibility of <a href="http://www.skeptoid.com/">Skeptoid</a> podcast creator, Brian Dunning, has come under fire from the Science Blog / Skeptic community after he posted a <a href="http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4230">questionable podcast</a> regarding DDT. A comprehensive fact check in <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2010/11/skeptoid_fact_check_part_1.php">two</a> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2010/11/skeptoid_fact_check_part_2.php">parts</a> hit the web soon thereafter, followed by <a href="http://skepchick.org/blog/2010/11/brian-dunnings-ddt-fail/">other</a> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2010/11/skeptoid_disappoints.php">critiques</a> - suggesting that Dunning's objectivity may be tainted by conservative / libertarian political leanings. The debate continues to RAGE in the comments section of the above links. With Dunning's own responses not necessarily helping.
Other Dunning creations have been less effectively held up as evidence of his agenda. Highlights include insinuations that <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2kAso3ufRw">fast food is nutritious</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg747U4zbls">locally grown produce isn't 'green,'</a> and that the garbage patch in the pacific (north pacific gyre) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ueSma1s0W8">isn't such a big deal</a> - to name a few. tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.98845Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:55:08 -0800jnnlaReligion and America's Academic Scientistshttp://www.metafilter.com/92365/Religion%2Dand%2DAmericas%2DAcademic%2DScientists
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/28/AR2010052801856.html">Science vs. Religion:</a> a new book, <a href="http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/ReligionTheology/SociologyofReligion/?view=usa&ci=9780195392982"><i>Science and Religion: What Scientists Really Think</i></a> by Rice University sociologist Elaine Ecklund, discusses the results of her detailed <a href="http://www.ehecklund.rice.edu/raas.html">study</a> of 1,646 scientists at top American research universities. Among her findings: <a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/roddreher/2010/04/science-vs-religion-what-do-scientists-say.html">~36% of those surveyed not only believe in God but also practice a form of closeted, often non-traditional faith. They worry about how their peers would react to learning about their religious views.</a> Interview with the author from the <a href="http://www.centerforinquiry.net/">Center for Inquiry</a>'s <i>Point of Inquiry</i> <a href="http://www.pointofinquiry.org/elaine_howard_ecklund_how_religious_are_scientists/">podcast</a>. Also, here's a <a href="http://www.bakerinstitute.org/events/scientists-vs.-religions-what-scientists-really-think">webcast</a> from an author discussion forum held at Rice University on April 7th. The concern: <i><blockquote>By not engaging with religion more fully and publicly, "the academy is really doing itself a big disservice," worries one scientist. As shown by conflicts over everything from evolution to stem cells to climate policy, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/28/AR2010052801856.html">breakdowns in communication between scientists and religious communities cause real problems, especially for scientists trying to educate increasingly religious college students.</a></blockquote></i>
The interviewer on the podcast posts the <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/">Intersection blog</a> over at Discover Magazine's site. <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/tag/elaine-ecklund/">He's been discussing Ecklund and her book for a few weeks now</a>: <i><blockquote>Prior to Ecklund's study, the most prominently cited study of religious beliefs among elite scientists that I know of was by Edward Larson and Larry Withham in Nature in 1998. They surveyed members of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and found that only 7 percent embraced a belief in God. At the time, this result got a lot of news attention, and it continues to be discussed today–e.g., in Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion.
<a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2010/05/03/ecklund-vs-larson-witham-on-religion-among-elite-scientists/">Ecklund's findings are very different–she gets 36 percent belief in God, and 50 percent religiosity among scientists at elite universities (the difference is apparently due to the large percentage of scientists who claim some type of religious identity but do not believe in God; many are Jewish).</a></blockquote></i>
Here's an additional <a href="http://religion.ssrc.org/reforum/Ecklund.pdf">essay</a> (pdf) from Eckland from 2007 that predates her final survey results. From the <a href="http://www.ssrc.org/">Social Science Research Council</a>'s (SSRC) <a href="http://religion.ssrc.org/reforum/">essay forum</a> for their <a href="http://religion.ssrc.org/reguide/">Guide to Religious Engagement Among American Undergraduates</a>
2008 Blog post: <a href="http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2008/02/23/beyond-the-god-delusion/">Beyond the God Delusion</a>
Editorial from the Chronicle for Higher Education: <a href="http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Should-God-Attend-Chemistry/22405/">Should God attend chemistry class?</a> Gives an alternate perspective to Ecklund on Christian evangelicals in the classroom. tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.92365Sun, 30 May 2010 01:42:57 -0800zarqYoung Indiana Jones Discovers Missing Link (maybe....)http://www.metafilter.com/90860/Young%2DIndiana%2DJones%2DDiscovers%2DMissing%2DLink%2Dmaybe
<i><blockquote>"So I called my dad over and about five metres away he started swearing, and I was like 'what did I do wrong?' and he's like, 'nothing, nothing - you found a hominid'."</blockquote></i>
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8609192.stm">The remarkable remains</a> of <a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/04/australopithecus-sediba/">two ancient human-like creatures</a> (hominids) <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/science/09fossil.html">have been found in South Africa.</a> Some researchers <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100408/full/news.2010.171.html">dispute that the fossils are of an unknown human species,</a> but others say they may help <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-hominid9-2010apr09,0,4745241.story">fill a key gap</a> in the <a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1978726,00.html">fossil record of human evolution</a>. Science Magazine (of the AAAS) has posted <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/extra/sediba/">two research articles and a podcast</a>, free with registration.
There's a short <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/video/2010/apr/08/skull-australopithecus-sediba-human-ancestor">3-D Video Reconstruction of <i>Australopithecus sediba's</i> skull</a> on the Guardian's website. tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.90860Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:10:52 -0800zarq"An Epidemic of Fear." Wired takes on the anti-vax movementhttp://www.metafilter.com/86203/An%2DEpidemic%2Dof%2DFear%2DWired%2Dtakes%2Don%2Dthe%2Dantivax%2Dmovement
<a href="http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_waronscience/all/1">Wired profiles pediatrician Paul Offit,</a> co-creator of the <a href="http://www.rotateq.com/"> RotaTeq</a> rotavirus</a> <a href="http://www.merckvaccines.com/rotateqProductPage_frmst.html">vaccine</a> and a primary target of the <a href="http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/">anti</a>-<a href="http://www.generationrescue.org/">vacci</a><a href="http://www.autismone.org/">nation</a> <a href="http://www.putchildrenfirst.org/">movement</a>. Dr. Offit published a book,"<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0231146361/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">Autism's False Prophets</a>" in 2008 but <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/health/13auti.html?_r=1">didn't tour,</a> because he had <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/165644">received too many death threats</a>. The profile by <a href="http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/who-is-this-amy-wallace-anyway/">Amy Wallace</a>*, is part of a collection of articles on vaccinations, including "<a href="http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_waronscience_misinformants">The Misinformants: Prominent Voices in the Anti-Vaccine Crusade</a>", "<a href="http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_waronscience_argument">How To Win An Argument About Vaccines</a>", and "<a href="http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/a-short-history-of-vaccine-panic/">A Short History of Vaccine Panic</a>".
<small>*Wallace is <a href="http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/10/amy_wallace_and_the_anti-.php">receiving hate mail</a> for it. She's been twitting about that <a href="http://twitter.com/msamywallace">here</a>.</small>
<small>(Vaccines: <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/69700/Settlement-in-case-of-child-who-developed-autistic-symptoms-after-being-vaccinated">Previously</a> on <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/79194/Earth-Not-Flat-After-All">MeFi</a>)</small> tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.86203Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:48:51 -0800zarqUntying the Pink Ribbonhttp://www.metafilter.com/85556/Untying%2Dthe%2DPink%2DRibbon
October's <a href="http://pinkforoctober.org/">focus </a>on <a href="http://www.imaginis.com/breasthealth/statistics.asp">breast</a> <a href="http://www.breastcancer.org/">cancer </a>is <a href="http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/">a curvy pink double-edged sword</a> and those <a href="http://www.health.com/health/condition-video/0,,20193377,00.html"> in the fight</a> <a href="http://vodpod.com/watch/1082366-breast-cancer-awareness-and-the-pink-controversy">agree</a>. The <a href="http://www.pinkribbon.com/">public edge</a> is mostly about <a href="http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=2&link=ctg_bcs_home_from_bcs_photostory_sitenav">raising</a> <a href="http://www.emaxhealth.com/1357/98/33966/pretty-pink-breast-cancer-awareness-month.html">money</a>, too, which is <a href="http://ww5.komen.org/">generally</a> <a href="http://www.bcrfcure.org/">committed</a> to <a href="http://breast-cancer-research.com/">research</a>.
<a href="http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/6/topic/734852">Many</a> find the other edge of <a href="http://www.health.com/health/condition-video/0,,20193377,00.html">the pink storm</a> to be a <a href="http://www.blackherbals.com/no_more_pink_ribbons.htm">cynical</a> <a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/14014/">marketing </a><a href="http://www.pinkribbonshop.com/hats-visors-and-headwear.aspx">blitz</a>. Some <a href="http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/dangers-of-plastic">products </a>may be a <a href="http://www.preventcancer.com/avoidable/breast_cancer/env_causes.htm">contributing factor</a>. <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/blog/zimney-health-and-medical-news-you-can-use/plastic-water-bottles-hot-cars-and-breast-cancer-what-you-need-to-know-about-pet-and-bpa/">Plastic</a> is a <a href="http://www.calgaryherald.com/Water+bottle+controversy+sinks+branding+partnership/1969790/story.html">chief</a> concern. <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070516133004.htm">Soy </a>products - particularly <a href="https://stores.healthmart.com/westvalpharmacy/NewsRecent/34,22921-1">popular </a>with the health-conscious - may also be part of the problem. <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/024536_cancer_brst_cancer_cancer_industry.html">Donated</a> profit is often a <a href="http://www.health.com/health/condition-article/0,,20235965,00.html">small percentage</a> of the various costs associated with the items - <a href="http://bcaction.org/index.php?page=politics-faq">consumer</a>, <a href="http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/270/">production</a>, and <a href="http://www.momlogic.com/2009/09/should_the_story_of_stuff_be_s.php">ecological </a>.
<a href="http://www.breastcancersociety.org/about-category/">Direct donation</a> and <a href="http://breastcancer.about.com/od/supportineveryway/a/bc_volunteering.htm">effort </a><a href="http://www.strengthforcaring.com/daily-care/caring-for-someone-with-breast-cancer/caregiving-for-a-loved-one-with-breast-cancer/">contributes </a>far more and <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8279425.stmr">goes further</a>. <a href="http://www.stopbreastcancer.org">Educating</a> <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=116811&page=1">yourself</a> and <a href="http://www.wickedlocal.com/northandover/news/lifestyle/health/x1991995788/It-can-happen-to-men-too-North-Andover-s-Peter-Devereaux-fighting-breast-cancer">others </a>can accomplish even more. <a href="http://www.menstuff.org/issues/byissue/breastcancer.html">Know </a>the <a href="http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/news/20080307/estrogen-brings-breast-cancer-back">risk</a> <a href="http://envirocancer.cornell.edu/">factors</a> and <a href="http://www.womentowomen.com/breasthealth/estrogenbreastcancer.aspx">various </a><a href="http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=64357001">causes</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.85556Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:29:26 -0800batmonkeyDagger of the Mindhttp://www.metafilter.com/81457/Dagger%2Dof%2Dthe%2DMind
The SF Signal <a href="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/cat_interviews/mind_meld.html">Mind Meld</a> feature poses science fiction related questions to a number of SF luminaries and the scientist, science writer or blogger. Subjects have included <a href="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2009/04/mind-meld-the-best-women-writers-in-sff/">the best women writers in SF</a>, <a href="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2009/03/mind-meld-taboo-topics-in-sff-literature/">taboo topics in SF</a>, <a href="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2008/04/mind-meld-underrated-authors/">underated authors</a> and <a href="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2008/07/mind-meld-what-are-the-most-controversial-sff-novels-of-the-past-present/">the most controversial SF novels of the past and present</a>. The also cover lighter topics, such <a href="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2008/09/mind-meld-how-do-media-tie-in-novels-affect-sff/">the role of media tie-ins</a>, <a href="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2009/04/mind-meld-battlestar-galactica-finale-draft/">how Battlestar Galactica could have ended better</a> (bonus <a href="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2009/05/mind-meld-make-up-test-with-geoff-ryman/">Geoff Ryman</a>) and <a href="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2009/05/mind-meld-the-most-realistic-and-the-most-ridiculous-uses-of-science-in-scifi-film-and-tv/">the realistic (or otherwise) use of science on TV SF shows</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.81457Wed, 06 May 2009 15:01:13 -0800Artw'There is no such thing as polywater because if there were, there would also be an animal which didn't need to eat food. It would just drink water and excrete polywater' - Richard Feynmanhttp://www.metafilter.com/71260/There%2Dis%2Dno%2Dsuch%2Dthing%2Das%2Dpolywater%2Dbecause%2Dif%2Dthere%2Dwere%2Dthere%2Dwould%2Dalso%2Dbe%2Dan%2Danimal%2Dwhich%2Ddidnt%2Dneed%2Dto%2Deat%2Dfood%2DIt%2Dwould%2Djust%2Ddrink%2Dwater%2Dand%2Dexcrete%2Dpolywater%2DRichard%2DFeynman
<a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E2DE133BF933A0575BC0A967948260&amp;sec=&amp;spon=&amp;pagewanted=all">If you were doing research in the 60s, You might've heard of Polywater,</a> A form of water that exhibited wide variety of interesting characteristics and existed under identical conditions to that of normal water. Eventually debunked, none the less is a fascinating story. Naturally one draws parallels to Vonnegut's ice nine, but did you know there <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_IX">actually is an ice nine?</a> In fact, there's <a href="http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/water/phase.html">twelve to sixteen types of ice</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice">depending on your opinion.</a> More recently, computer simulations have indicated <a href="http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/water/icosahedra.html">water may structure itself into icosahedra</a>, which, incredibly, is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_solid">the platonic solid (described over 2000 years ago!) representing the element water!</a> And if you don't know what an icosahedron is, <a href="http://dicepool.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=34mm%20d20&x=0&y=0">I bet you've used one before</a>. One of the most ubiquitous, <a href="http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/water/anmlies.html">and arguably most important,</a> substances in our lives, our <a href="http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/water/anmlies.html">understanding of water</a> is far from complete. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.71260Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:34:51 -0800Large MargeGod's Darwin or Chance's Drawin'?http://www.metafilter.com/44210/Gods%2DDarwin%2Dor%2DChances%2DDrawin
Did the discovery of evolution lead to Darwin's agnosticism, as <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2124297/nav/tap1/">claimed</a>? Carl Zimmer <a href="http://www.corante.com/loom/archives/2005/08/11/a_dog_and_the_mind_of_newton.php">wonders</a>. More importantly, can evolution be <a href="http://www.millerandlevine.com/km/evol/catholic/schonborn-NYTimes.html">reconciled</a> with Christianity? tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.44210Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:13:57 -0800daksyaThe Battle for American Sciencehttp://www.metafilter.com/25301/The%2DBattle%2Dfor%2DAmerican%2DScience
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,933055,00.html">Oh, God!</a> Under the Bush administration there were a lot of things we had to forget, things like how democratic presidents get elected, how to sell democracy to undemocratic peoples, how to be free, patriotic, etc. Now, it seems, is the time to forget all about this menace to mankind: SCIENCE. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.25301Wed, 23 Apr 2003 07:18:07 -0800acrobatPBS Broadcast Angers Chiropractorshttp://www.metafilter.com/20444/PBS%2DBroadcast%2DAngers%2DChiropractors
A recent <a href="http://www.pbs.org/saf/1210/video/watchonline.htm">PBS broadcast</a> <a href="http://www.chirobase.org/15News/saf.html">angered many chiropractors</a>, who called the show "biased, misleading and malicious." Why is chiropractic <a href="http://www.chirobase.org/01General/controversy.html">controversial</a>? Is it really <a href="http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:h0dKGQUnV-kC:www.atkinson.yorku.ca/~pgrayson/chiropractic.PDF+%22defense+of+chiropractic%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8">not given a fair shake</a>? Or does its <a href="http://www.chirobase.org/01General/skeptic.html">lack of valid scientific theory</a> warrant its dismissal? tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.20444Tue, 01 Oct 2002 01:51:07 -0800sklero15 Answers to Creationist Nonsensehttp://www.metafilter.com/17875/15%2DAnswers%2Dto%2DCreationist%2DNonsense
<a href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000D4FEC-7D5B-1D07-8E49809EC588EEDF&amp;catID=2">15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense</a> From Scientific American..."Opponents of evolution want to make a place for creationism by tearing down real science, but their arguments don't hold up.
Besieged teachers and others may increasingly find themselves on the spot to defend evolution and refute creationism. The arguments that creationists use are typically specious and based on misunderstandings of (or outright lies about) evolution, but the number and diversity of the objections can put even well-informed people at a disadvantage.
To help with answering them, the following list rebuts some of the most common "scientific" arguments raised against evolution. It also directs readers to further sources for information and explains why creation science has no place in the classroom."
Creation "science?" tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.17875Mon, 17 Jun 2002 12:57:28 -0800martkDiane Petty, suffering from motor neurone disease, refused right to euthanasia by European Court.http://www.metafilter.com/16718/Diane%2DPetty%2Dsuffering%2Dfrom%2Dmotor%2Dneurone%2Ddisease%2Drefused%2Dright%2Dto%2Deuthanasia%2Dby%2DEuropean%2DCourt
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1957000/1957396.stm">Diane Petty, suffering from motor neurone disease, refused right to euthanasia by European Court.</a> <i>"Mrs Pretty, from Luton, who is paralysed from the neck down, had claimed the refusal breached the Human Rights Convention, which outlaws "inhuman or degrading treatment"."</i>
tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.16718Mon, 29 Apr 2002 02:44:22 -0800stuporJIX